"Nineteen! Nineteen out! Look at what, make a point! ”

The sky was bright, the door of the orphanage was pushed open by the fierce mother-in-law, the little girl she called was barefoot, hesitantly climbed up from the Chase bunk, there were more than a dozen girls in the room, all with yellow faces and thin muscles, half-open eyes watched her walk out of the door, heard the sound of the door being slammed shut.

"According to the rules of our court, you have reached the age of fifteen, and the orphanage can't take you in, this is a set of clean clothes and a pair of shoes, go wash your face and leave quickly!" The woman pushed "Nineteen", her eyes widened, and the frightened girl hurriedly went to change her clothes and clean her face.

The children who grew up in the orphanage did not even have a name, they all used numbers as their names, and if some children died or were driven out of age, the next child sent to the orphanage would continue to use that number.

Nineteen came out of this dilapidated compound, standing on the road and not knowing where to go. She only had this clean clothes, she didn't have any money on her, and she was so hungry that she had to go into the city along the road to see if she could find a place to take her in.

She passed by an inn and saw that many people were eating, so she thought about trying her luck in it.

"This girl, eat or stay?" Xiao Er's eyes were sharp, and when he saw a timid round-faced little girl standing at the door, he greeted him.

"Eat... Dine. Nineteen looked at his toes, at this time, it was better to eat enough, and it was a big deal to do work for the store in exchange for this meal. She followed Xiao Er to the hall, sat down at a square table where no one was around, ordered four taels of rice and a plate of side dishes, and ate them with her head down.

Although Nineteen grew up in an orphanage, the amount of food is really not small, more than other girls, but where can you have the luxury of eating in the orphanage, as long as you don't starve to death, it's all edification.

After eating the rice in the bowl, Nineteen raised his head and was thinking about how to tell Xiao Er that he had no money, when he saw a handsome man in a black robe staring at him with a smile on the table by the window... Rice bowls?

She was a little hairy when she was seen, and she barely curled the corners of her mouth and smiled at the man, who noticed her expression and actually got up... Came over!

Nineteen weekdays, I like to listen to the old blind man who lives next door to the orphanage say some strange things, what kind of young master is molesting a girl from a good family, what a domineering hero abducts everyone and the like, and now he has just come out of the orphanage when he has nothing to rely on, such a handsome man is coming to himself, is it to... Abduction and trafficking of ignorant girls?!

Nineteen put on full guard, and saw the man sitting elegantly across from him. "What are you going to do?"

"Little sister, you didn't bring any money, did you? How about I treat you to this meal? Mu Ruqing tried to keep his tone as gentle as possible.

"You... How do you know. Nineteen was punctured and stared at the person across from him in disbelief.

"You looked like you were hungry just now, and you didn't go to check out after eating, but you just don't have any money, am I right?"

"So what... We don't know each other, but you have such a good heart? ”

"I'm the owner of Yipinxiang Restaurant in Beijing, the restaurant lacks a helper, how about taking care of the food and accommodation?" Mu Ruqing opened his purse and took out a piece of broken silver and put it on the table, "This is the money for this meal." Follow me, with a salary of one or two silver per month. ”

"How can I be a little girl, how can I be a helper, you don't want to arrest me and sell me to an old bachelor in his fifties in the mountains as a daughter-in-law." Nineteen muttered quietly.

"Where did you hear that?" Mu Ruqing was a little angry, but after thinking about it, she laughed, the little girl is treating herself as a human trafficker.

"The old blind man next door to the orphanage said... The better-looking man is, the more difficult it is to get along with. Nineteen pursed his lips.

"Your job is to eat in front of others every day, it's as simple as that."

"Eat? I've never heard of making money by eating, so there's no conspiracy. ”

"If you don't believe it, just come with me to the capital to have a look, besides, there are so many pairs of eyes in the capital, it's not too late if you don't want to leave, and I won't hold you."

Nineteen thought about it, and followed Mu Ruqing into the carriage, after all, she was alone now and had nowhere to go, if it was really as he said, it would be good to have a place to stay, besides, he was penniless, what could he plan for himself? What's more, this man is really good-looking, the sunlight seeping in from the sedan curtain dyed his eyelashes golden, and when he blinked, his eyes seemed to have golden stars, and Nineteen couldn't help but look stunned.

Noticing the little girl's expression, Mu Ruqing, who was sitting opposite, was a little funny, and stretched out his hand to sweep in front of her eyes: "My name is Mu Ruqing, it's okay to call me eldest brother, I haven't asked you what your surname is, what is your name?" ”

"I... I don't have a name, I just know my surname as Nguyen. Nineteen thought about the code name that had been used for many years and decided not to say it.

"No name? Or... I'll get you one. Your surname is Nguyen, and your name is... How is Nguyen Mianmian? Mu Ruqing thought for a while and felt that this name was very good, although the little girl was a little thin, her face was round and soft.

"Ruan Mianmian? Okay, it's okay to call it, I have a name too. Nineteen repeated the new name in his heart several times, and smiled a little shyly.

"Brother Mu, what are you doing when you take me back?" Ruan Mianmian has let down most of Mu Ruqing's guard, mainly because she doesn't believe that such an elegant and noble man will harm a girl who meets in Pingshui, he invited herself to dinner and named herself, no one in this world has ever been so good to herself.

"You may not understand, let me tell you about it carefully. When I saw you at the inn just now, I suddenly remembered that there is a profession in my hometown, called eating and broadcasting, "Speaking of hometown, Mu Ruqing's eyes were vaguely melancholy" that is, some people will go to eat some delicacies to show others, and those who see them will give them rewards. The eaters always cater to the tastes of the officials, eating those foods that ordinary people don't often eat and seem to be very appetizing. ”

"So can I do mukbang? I've never heard of this kind of thing, and someone pays for it. Ruan Mianmian asked.

"Of course you can, you have enough to eat, you can eat a lot of things at a time, and your appearance is so cute, which is very in line with the mainstream aesthetics of today's society."

"Society? Mainstream... Aesthetic? What is it? Ruan Mianmian was obviously confused when she heard these words at first glance.

"Uh... It's just that you look very cute, and now the people like you like this kind of look. "Mu Ruqing tried his best to make his words easy to understand." After I go back, I will give you training for a while and teach you how to become a mukbang, and all you have to do now is to have a good rest. ”

Ruan Mianmian leaned obediently against the corner of the carriage, half-squinting and drowsy. Mu Ruqing listened to the sound of the carriage and remembered his experience during this time.

Mu Ruqing was a recent graduate of the Modern Chef School, interning at a famous hotel in the provincial capital, and did not want to wake up one morning to this overhead dynasty, although the people here dress like the Tang Dynasty, and the folk customs are very open, but it has never appeared in history. What's even more maddening is that as soon as he walked through, his father suddenly fell ill and died in a foreign country, and a restaurant in his father's name was inherited by him.

Mu Ruqing's trip was to bury his old father, whom he had never met, in the local area and then turn back to Beijing on the way. Now he has figured out the characteristics of this era, the economy of a big city like Beijing is developed, so people pay special attention to entertainment, he feels that he can use his own craft, coupled with the entertainment methods of his own era, to make the declining Yipinju restaurant prosperous again, in this era to break a career.